FOOD LOVE

Aug 26, 2009

TABLESCAPE THURSDAY- COFFEE GROUP BARBECUE

This past weekend we had the coffee group and their spouses over for our yearly barbecue. Oh I love my coffee group. They are so much fun. They are rude and crude and we make each other funnier by our rebuttals and quips. As I always say it the funny isn't done until someone has liquids coming out of their noses. I don't care if it is coffee or wine or water.

We started off with 3 tables. Expecting 15 for dinner. Now I am no superstar in the Tablescape realm so don't expect them all to match perfectly but they did turn out pretty good and our guests always feel so relaxed at our house. The plywood top on the left side table was cut out by my BB to replace the glass center that blew out 2 years ago in a storm. I love the newly stained deck but oh do the pine needles ever show up on it. I am sweeping all the time. Grrr. Here the plywood is covered with a vinyl tablecloth to keep it dry until Saturday.

Now I moved the vinyl cloth to the bar table and covered the plywood with a white sheet to hide the wood.

A red and white tablecloth over the white sheet.

Some white plates with red napkins. The wine glasses are turned upside down to keep the pine needles out of them. What a pain.

The second table is set the same way but with a tan table cloth.

The final 3 seats were set at the tall bar table.

Here is the view from our upper deck off the dining room. Apparently one table managed to clear the dishes better than the other table. Shame on you guys. Look at the mess you left for my BB to clean up. Lol.

Actually we were pretty well behaved this night. Really we were.Oh yes, this is how much prime rib we cook for this bash. This is rubbed with a mixture of crushed garlic, rosemary, thyme, pepper, salt and olive oil.

Lucy it looks just wonderful. The tables are so pretty with the red and that pop of orange red in the candle. I keep seeing the outdoor set I had in Canada. My deck and pergola were painted the same colour as your deck. Here

What a slab of prime rib! It looks so good. You have such a gorgeous backdrop for entertaining, and it looks you really threw a wonderful bash.I wish Hub and I could have been there.

You can't go wrong with red and white--sooooo cheerful!! I would rather tangle with pine any ole day than with the zillions of mosquitos we have---we have to wait until cooler weather sets in so the buggers will DIE.

ps. I have several blogs--the one for my tablescape is the spindle cottage one;

How nice to have such a big deck to fit 3 tables on! I know how frustrating it is to have not pine needles falling on the deck but leaves from a sick tree we have over ours. Your tablescapes looked great and your "after" pics reflect a fun party!